Dec 10 Nearly 9 in 10 doubt Obama, GOP can break gridlock By Jennifer Agiesta, Emily Swanson, Associated Press Americans may not agree on much lately, but one opinion is nearly universal: There's almost no chance that President Barack Obama, a Democrat, and the Republican Congress can work together to solve the country's problems. Continue reading
Dec 04 Senators threaten legislative action to fight NFL's "blackout" rule By Ruth Tam For all the talk about partisan gridlock, senators from both sides of the aisle can agree on at least three things: life, liberty and the pursuit of televised football. Continue reading
Nov 20 Obama says time for immigration changes is now By Julie Pace, Associated Press Spurning furious Republicans, President Barack Obama unveiled expansive executive actions on immigration Thursday night to spare nearly 5 million people in the U.S. illegally from deportation and refocus enforcement efforts on "felons, not families."… Continue reading
Nov 18 Nancy Pelosi re-elected as House Democrat minority leader By Alan Fram, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Democrats re-elected Rep. Nancy Pelosi to another two-year term as House minority leader on Tuesday, two weeks after elections in which the party lost at least a dozen seats in the chamber. In a closed-door meeting of House… Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch How does video of economist's Affordable Care Act criticism hurt the law? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch Shields and Brooks on the China carbon deal, Obama's immigration action By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week’s news, including the carbon deal between the United States and China, legislative action on the Keystone XL pipeline and how Republicans may… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch News Wrap: GOP-controlled House greenlights Keystone XL bill By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the Republican-controlled House approved the final phase of the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline for the ninth time. It's never gotten through the Democratic-controlled Senate, but that may be changing after the midterm elections. Continue watching
Nov 13 Watch Newcomers learn to navigate life on Capitol Hill By PBS News Hour The newest members of Congress are in Washington for orientation ahead of the new session's start in January. Political director Domenico Montanaro meets up with two newly elected lawmakers as they learn to navigate their new positions on the Hill. Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch Moving on from midterm losses, what's next for Democratic leadership? By PBS News Hour Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of Democratic National Committee, says that American voters support Democrats on the issues, even if their candidates didn’t fare well in the midterm elections. As Congress gathers to begin the lame duck session, Gwen Ifill… Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch Looking back at the life and politics of Nelson Rockefeller By PBS News Hour A politician who self-described as having a “Democrat heart with a Republican head,” Nelson Rockefeller would be something of a political anomaly today. Biographer Richard Norton Smith, author of “On His Own Terms,” joins Judy Woodruff to discuss what distinguished… Continue watching